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Storm protection for car and truck door windows in the Lowcountry and the Southeast coastThe outer bands throw debris.
Panels go on before they do.

Beaufort is home. From the Sea Islands up the Carolina coast and down to north Florida, the biggest threat is what a landfalling storm or a strong outer band throws: limbs, shingles, dock boards, anything loose, long before the worst of the wind arrives. Spring and summer add their own hail cores on top of that.

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Hurricane season June to November is the main event. Spring and summer thunderstorms bring hail and straight-line wind the rest of the year.

The Lowcountry

What the weather does to a vehicle here.

  • Hurricane season debris

    A landfalling storm or a strong outer band throws limbs, shingles, dock boards and anything loose, hours before the worst of the wind arrives. The door and the glass take it first.

  • Summer hail cores

    Afternoon thunderstorms over the coastal plain can drop quarter to golf-ball hail with little warning.

  • Squall lines off the water

    Fast-moving lines cross the marsh with straight-line wind and driving rain, often at night.

What it is built to take

The hazards here.

  • Wind-blown debris

    Wind-blown debris meets the panel before the glass beneath it.

    Hurricane season

  • Hail

    The stone meets the guard before the glass it covers.

    Hail season

  • Weather-driven projectiles

    Outflow gravel, limbs, roofing. Anything the storm throws.

    Tornado season

  • Storm season

    Panels on when the watch is issued. Off in five when it clears.

    Severe weather
A wooden dock running into a salt marsh under a huge storm cloud, rain shafts and lightning over the water

Two ways in, The Lowcountry

Build your own, one door at a time.

Priced per door. Each license comes with the document stamped to you, a serial-numbered certificate of authenticity by mail, and a 90-day fit rebate.

Do it yourself

WHIP MK I

The procurement and assembly document for one door, licensed to you. You buy the parts and build the guard from it.

$99.00per door, plus about $633 in parts, and supplies and tools

License the document

Seasons here

The weather pages for the Lowcountry and the Southeast coast.

For responders

Out in it so others get through it.

Volunteer firefighters, EMTs and storm spotters from Beaufort to Wilmington. Responders can license WHIP for their own vehicles today, and departments can tell Ken what they would need.

Emergency services: what's next

Questions from The Lowcountry

Before you pay.

Protects against hail, debris and weather-driven projectiles. Not bullet resistant. Not wind rated.

Who builds it?
You do, from the WHIP MK I document, which EVAC, a Beaufort, South Carolina company, licenses one door at a time. It lists every part and tool you need.
Can I put it on when a hurricane watch is issued?
That is what it is for: about fifteen minutes on, one person, no tools. It hangs over and into the door frame with the doors latched. It is not wind rated, and the agreement says so plainly.
Does salt air affect it?
The kit stores in its bag between storms. Keep it dry and out of direct sun and it stores the way any outdoor gear does.
What about the glass below the panel?
The panel covers most of the window and part of the door. The agreement is honest that it may not cover every inch of glass.

Storms don't wait.
Be ready.

Fifteen minutes on, five minutes off, and it stores in its bag. Order before the season, not during it.

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